But campers, drivers and sailors still keep magnetic compasses on hand to find their way home.
How they find their way home once they have done so is a mystery.
The best of the Fosters labels and lines, not just the great Penfolds Grange, will find their way home.
They may cause local changes in the direction of the magnetic field, confusing pigeons that use it to find their way home.
Just one possibility remains: some racing-pigeon fanciers are claiming that strong signals from mobile-phone masts are making their birds dizzy and unable to find their way home.
Families thus begin preparations to help the spirits find their way home and to make them welcome, starting with an arch made of bright-yellow marigolds - a symbolic doorway from the underworld.
Adding insult to injury, cabinet ministers, deprived of their limousines, had to find their own way home.
Georgetown was still trying to find its way in early January when they suffered their largest home loss since 1971, falling to Pittsburgh by 28.
The visitors allowed Newcastle plenty of possession as they sat back and challenged the home side to find a way through their massed ranks.
The couple earlier told the court they were forced out of their home in 2007 after failing to find a way of blocking out the noise.
The home side dominated the early exchanges but struggled to find their way through the Ospreys defence.
Desert Artisans' wares, in turn, find their way onto the shelves of Fabindia, a leading retail chain of handcrafted garments and home products, including furniture, upholstery, handwoven rugs and organic foods.
But those who still cannot find work will, officials say, be sent back to their home towns to make their own way.
The watchdog said that those facing a shortfall, even if their final bill is looming within the next 10 years, should be able to find a viable way to pay the home loan back.
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